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The Seven Types of The Declarative Sentence
According to the type of the verb, 7 sentence-patterns can be distinguished.
Pattern |
Example |
Type of the verb |
SV |
She succeeded. |
Intransitive verb |
SVA |
She lives in Britain. |
intensive verb with obligatory adverb |
SVC |
He is serious. |
Intensive verb with complementation |
SVO |
She is preparing the dinner. |
Mono-transitive verb |
VOO |
He offered his son a bicycle. |
Di-transitive verb |
SVOA |
She puts the book down. |
Complex-transitive verb |
SVOC |
The students made the teacher angry. |
Complex-transitive verb |